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Make Life Beautiful

By: Syd McGee, Shea McGee
Narrated by: Syd McGee, Shea McGee
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Stars of the hit Netflix series Dream Home Makeover Syd and Shea McGee offers fans a new and intimate look into how they built their business in this best-selling autobiography.

Do you want to live the best version of your life? Learn how Syd and Shea prioritized their values, defined their goals, and put their dreams into action - going from flat broke to design superstars - all while following their motto to “make life beautiful.” Most importantly, discover how you can do the same!

For the one million-plus followers who turn to Syd and Shea McGee for advice on building a beautiful home and life, Make Life Beautiful is a behind-the-scenes look into how the couple transformed Shea’s small room of fabric samples and big dream of becoming a designer into one of the most successful and fastest-growing interior design businesses in the country.

In Make Life Beautiful, Syd and Shea inspire you on how to build an authentic life by applying design principles such as:

  • Embrace the process.
  • Get to the next level.
  • Find balance.
  • Elevate the everyday.

Make Life Beautiful is essential for entrepreneurs, interior designers, working parents, couples building a family and career, and anyone else chasing their dreams. Both longtime and new fans will gain insight into how the McGees built such a successful company.

©2020 Syd and Shea McGee (P)2020 Harper Horizon Business Development & Entrepreneurship Dream Entrepreneurship Small Business Business Inspiring Heartfelt Interior Design Business
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I really enjoyed this book and will play it back many times in the future I am predicting.
It provides a good insight into their process and their story is inspirational.

Very enjoyable

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An engaging and easy listen to the personal journey of Shea & Syd as they grew their brand. Invaluable & encouraging listening to anyone building a business as they share their journey with honesty & refreshing vulnerability.
Both useful from a business perspective for those hoping to be inspired by their path as a personal testimonial and lessons learnt, right through to just being a great story on the journey of a couple building their family while following their dream.

Both Syd & Shea make for clear & articulate listening & have a refreshing transparency about their journey. The mix of both voices & perspectives lends a welcome variety and keeps the story moving at an easy pace.
Easy listen & highly enjoyable.

A wonderful insight into the personal journey of a brand

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This was such a fun and inspiring listen! Syd and Shea McGee tell their story from the time they met to starting their family and interior design business together, through all its ups and downs. I always find stories like this so helpful and uplifting, hearing about people taking risks to chase their dreams and overcome challenges along the way. It inspires me to think about what’s possible in my own life. It’s always lovely to see a happy marriage and family as it is built over time. And of course, I love the design! This book is very much along the same vein as The Magnolia Story by Chip and Joanna Gaines and Establishing Home by Jean Stoffer.

Love it!

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As a fellow interior designer I love to hear the stories and the 10 years to become an “overnight success”
It is refreshing to hear the ups and downs, the highs and the lows and eventually living the dream that the studio has beacons to date.

As a husband and wife team they have lived and breathed the brand and created the design bison for the company and their lives.

It’s good to know that they have had horrid months, been maxed to their eyeballs and that they have overcome each and every challenge !

I am inspired by their vision and unlimited belief that they could create a company so large!

Well done, congratulations and all the beat for the next chapter!!

Just just an overnight success

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I love it. I must meet one day these two inspiring people on the earth, they both are so down to earth, hardworking, passionate.

Awesome! Speechless! Very inspiring ! Learning book! It has big impact on my life.

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I enjoyed every word of this book. As someone who loves their design and the genius of their business I can now appreciate the hard work and tenacity that both put into building their brand. The open and honest journey shared by both Shae and Syd was refreshing and I loved how both candidly shared how the journey impacted them individually. Very inspiring.

Inspiring and Refreshing

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An inspiring story of a young couple who together with perseverance and sacrifice, overcame challenges to build not only an interior design empire but a flourishing family and marriage. This is a book that will inspire you to pursue your passions and embrace the bumps along the way.

Heartfelt & inspiring

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I absolutely loved this book. No it’s not about design but an awesome story about an awesome couple who have stuck it out through the good times and the bad. An inspiration in relationships and business. Well done guys!

Inspiring

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This book was more than I expected! I’ve been a fan of the McGee team for a few years now and loved watching their Netflix series. It was a great insight into their portfolio of works and a sneak peek into their family life. BUT THE BOOK WAS PHENOMENAL. Going back in time with Syd and Shea to where it all began was a treasure. They didn’t hold back with the challenges they faced and it made me love them even more. Prepare to laugh, cry and learn from this inspirational duo. It’s a book you’ll read again and again, reflecting on their experiences from work project to home project 💛

Beautiful from beginning to end

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A refreshing and inspiring account of a family creating something beautiful with style, wit and kindness. I couldn't stop listening and find myself wanting to take the Mcgee family for coffee to talk design, family and business.

Design of kindness

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